Ergonomic pantograph handles
AssigneeGammill, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Lee Elliott, Joseph Wesley Bauman, John Ray Busé, Bettilou Kenney Langford
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a quilting machine and more specifically a long-arm stitching machine, or stitcher. The stitcher includes handles that are used to trace a laser dot on a pantograph pattern located in front of the fabric being quilted. Tracing the laser dot ensures that the needle and thread associated with the sewing machine head duplicates the pattern being traced. In the present invention, the handles are placed to one side of the sewing machine head to allow an operator to remain upright when watching the laser trace the pattern or the needle and thread quilting the fabric.
Claims12
A stitcher head for operating quilting machines, said stitcher head comprising:
- one or more handles for controlling movement of said stitcher head;
- and
- an attachment member extending from a side portion of said stitcher head and further attached to said one or more handles.
A stitcher head for operating quilting machines, said stitcher head comprising:
- at least one handle for operating said stitcher head, wherein said at least one handle is offset from said stitcher head;
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- wherein said at least one handle is selectively engageable with a left side of said stitcher head and said at least one handle is selectively engageable with a right side of said stitcher head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.